Canute
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You're getting a really nice reflectivity on the nose section, somewhat better than the other two areas you point out. The nose looks the shiniest of the 3 panels, but then it could easily be due the orientation of the individual panels, like on the real thing. We're not talking one billet of aluminum for the entire surface, but multiple panels with varying orientations. 👍 -
EG, the finish is coming along, despite the coarse riveting lines on the model. The Starfighter will look even better, brother.
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Ancient anchor found in Yucatan.
Canute replied to Eugenio Treviño's topic in Nautical/Naval History
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I think you've got the method to an NMF bird. Very nice..
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The cowl bump on the nose is huge. Looks like the noses of some Me-109Gs. Best of luck hiding it with anti-glare green. Model on...
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Fairey Gannet by RGL - FINISHED - Trumpeter - 1/72
Canute replied to RGL's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Interesting bird; unusual extra vertical stabilizers on the tail. Must have had a strong yawing effect, despite the contra-rotating props. -
Blairstown would be very cool, but I have an affinity for DL&W equipment. Taber has pictures, as does the Rail-Marine Info Group. Whatever you do, you'll get a following.
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I'm with OC on liking the coach. The varnish reals works. 👍
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Two's in! Interesting to see these finishing techniques as they happen. Thanks for the sharing.
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Nice work, EG. And Klear is/was the name for Future on the other side of the Pond.
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Denis, you're doing a bang-up job fixing this ancient kit. Has to be old, original run since there is box art on the lid, rather than the now required photo. I'm always interested in how modelers have to re-engineer one of these oldies. Keep on truckin' with this one. 👍
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Guys painting bare metal finishes from Alclad favor a dark gloss gray rather than gloss black. But definitely a smooth gloss finish under your selected metal finishes.
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I'm in, too. Got an hour or 2 in some B models. Flight examiner prerogative, ya know. 😉😁
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Stagecoach looking good, Kevin And the dollhouses look good, too, What scale are they? I have a buddy here who used to build upscale furniture for these houses in I think 1/12 scale. He used the furniture catalogs from a home named Winterthur, outside Philadelphia, PA. Built clocks, dining room sets; he's was prolific with the furniture.
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Finnish T26 tank by Baker - FINISHED - Mirage - 1/72 - PLASTIC
Canute replied to Baker's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Dennis, here's a site for some nice decals: https://fineartofdecals.com/goodiess/
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Do you mean cutting donuts in the seat cover, Lou? And yes, speed is life, at least in flying combat aircraft. We sat on a piece of cloth on top of the ejection seat kit. No padding because the little amount of padded space would allow the seat to accelerate beyond what a human tailbone could withstand. Broken hips anyone?
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Another issue with thin styrene and solvent cements is too much cement can dimple the thin styrene. Tack it in place, then cement it with brushed on cement. Good technique there, Patrick.👍
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Lou, I was in a Hunter-Killer team during Linebacker II. Mostly carried CBUs, 2 Sparrow air to air missiles, 2 jammer pods and a fully loaded gun. The Shrike antiradar missile (ARM) was to make the North Vietnamese (and their Russian SAM trainers) think a Weasel had expended one of his rounds. I think we may have done it twice? The crazier idea was dropping flares over Hanoi at night to see the SAM sites.That place was so lit up from their air defenses that the flares were redundant. I don't think the proposer ever flew up North, so had no clue as to what he was doing. I remember the team leads telling him we would need 8 extra jets to do it and that was enough to convince them not to do it. We were pretty maxed out with maintaining 2 sets of crews for both day and night ops over the North. And the USN was faced with similar issues, so we couldn't beg for their help.They were hitting targets an hour or two either side of our strike packages going in. That's when the NVA finally relented. That was cathartic. 😃
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Ah, but did your landings match your takeoffs? Luckily for me, mine did. We figured it was small price to pay, doing all the egress/life support training. Uncle Sam was paying us to fly the top of the line fighter in air to air training. We rarely fired missiles (6 deployments for weapons system evaluations), although we shot both radar and infrared when we dieployed, And I did shoot an anti-radar missile in SEA, during Linebacker II. Whoopity doo.😉
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Interesting tool. You have been doing some beautiful work. Nice job.
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